Juvenile Justice Agencies

    DF100 Basic Digital Forensic Analysis: Seizure

    This course introduces the information and techniques law enforcement personnel need to safely and methodically collect and preserve digital evidence at a crime scene. Topics include recognizing potential sources of digital evidence; planning and executing a digital evidence-based seizure; and the preservation, packaging, documentation, and transfer of digital evidence.

    *Prepare. Prepare to respond to an incident or crime scene where digital evidence may be present.
    *Identify. Learn tow to identify relevant sources of digital evidence in an ever-evolving landscape.
    *Collect. Learn the proper methods of digital evidence collection.
    *Preserve. Build upon the three previous principles to ensure valid and legal preservation of digital evidence can occur.

    FC203 Financial Investigations: Beyond the Basics

    This three-day course covers the fundamentals of financial investigations and incorporates some of the more advanced processes that elevate an investigation. During this course, students will learn about investigative processes, practical tools, and sources of information necessary to plan and conduct financial investigations. The course begins with a description of the basic composition of elements within illicit financial networks and how they work to compromise legitimate business and financial sectors. Course material will describe government, regulatory, and investigative actions within the United States, and by international partners to detect and investigate illicit actors and networks. The course also includes considerations for investigation planning and promotion of creative thinking.

    DF310 Advanced Digital Forensic Analysis: Windows

    This course covers the identification and extraction of artifacts associated with the Microsoft Windows operating system. Topics include the Change Journal, BitLocker, and a detailed examination of the various artifacts found in each of the Registry hive files. Students also examine Event Logs, Volume Shadow Copies, link files, and thumbnails. This course uses a mixture of lecture, discussion, demonstration, and hands-on exercises.

    FC105 Financial Records Examination and Analysis

    This course covers the acquisition, examination, and analysis of many types of financial records, including bank statements and checks, wire transfer records, and business records. Topics include recognizing and investigating common indicators of fraud, using spreadsheets to facilitate analysis and pattern recognition, and financial profiling. There is a strong focus on presenting financial evidence in multiple modalities: spreadsheet data outputs, graphic representations, and written/oral presentations.

    *Introduction to analysis. Best practices. Finding patterns. Indicators of fraud. Presenting your findings.
    *Financial records. Bank records. Business documents.
    *Financial profiling. Methods of profiling. Reasons to create a profile. Creating a profile.
    *Hands-on experience. Work a mock financial case as part of an investigative team.

    FC101 Financial Investigations Practical Skills

    This course provides hands-on investigative training at a basic level. Students develop the practical skills, insight, and knowledge necessary to manage a successful financial investigation from start to finish, including the acquisition and examination of financial records, interview skills, and case management and organization. Additional topics include forgery and embezzlement, financial exploitation of the elderly, working with spreadsheets, financial profiling, and state-specific statutes and legal issues.

    *Emerging issues. Current trends in various types of financial crimes. Recent cases and their implications.
    *Financial records. Learn to obtain and manage bank records, including basic spreadsheeting skills.
    *Working with data. Extract leads and draw conclusions from bank records and other financial data.
    *Hands-on experience. Work a mock financial case as part of an investigative team.

    Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency Investigations: Beyond the Basics

    Building upon the previous cryptocurrency webinar, "Bitcoin 101: What Are Cryptocurrency and Blockchain All About?" presented by Cobwebs, this webinar will introduce investigative techniques to show how open-source information can be leveraged to attribute identities to wallets and addresses. This webinar will also briefly demonstrate the OSINT and cryptocurrency analysis capabilities of Cobwebs.

    Nutrition Status Check: Dietary Supplements for the Criminal Justice Professional

    In this webinar, you will learn what dietary supplements are, what supplements can be helpful and which ones are risky or just a waste of money, supplements for different life stages and conditions, and where and how to buy quality supplements.

    Presented by:
    Rana Parker, MPH, RDN Dietitian Nutritionist, Los Angeles Police Department

    Social Media and Online Investigations: Identifying Unknown Individuals

    This training is intended for U.S. Criminal Justice Practitioners. Please register using your agency-issued email.

    Your team, your tools, or your client may locate a social media user of interest or concern. Your analysis of the profile may become challenging if the user does not reveal their real identify. The presenter will discuss how to harness the Internet to identify the person or group behind a username. The presentation will include real case examples to demonstrate successful workflows. Learning objectives outline useful steps for identifying who is behind a username, explore case examples to retain those steps, and Introduce future challenges.

    Presented by:
    Megan Munoz, Director of Education and Knowledge Management, Hetherington Group

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